In this exploration of instructional designs, I will define and provide examples of each type of design. The district I will use to provide abstract information as evidence of the use of instructional design is the Charter School for Applied Technologies. This school is located at 2303 Kenmore Ave in the city of Buffalo, New York. The mission statement and vision of this school district are as follows: Mission Statement: The mission of the Charter School for Applied Technologies (“CSAT”) is to provide an excellent academic education with career-relevant skill sets in applied technologies. We will lay the foundations for: (i) an industrial partnership; (ii) Family Involvement: and (iii) Pride and Achievement through Crafts.Vision: Ultimately, our vision is to help rebuild Western New State's commercial and industrial economy York by providing students from this region with a world-class education that will also give them the knowledge and skills to support and lead our region's industries throughout the 21st century. We will enrich the core curriculum with co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities allowing students to be exposed to and aware of careers in our region's industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors. We will provide internship, mentoring and training opportunities for students who will be supervised on-site through our connections with local businesses, industry and labor leaders. Instructional design as a process: a systematic way of developing instruction specifically designed to integrate learning and pedagogical theories. which provides quality education. It is a systematic process that lends itself to analyzing the entire process to meet the needs of the...... middle of paper ...... Evaluate the progress of the participants and the effectiveness of teaching materials. At the Charter School for Applied Technologies, all grade level teams monitor student performance, this is called Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM), we meet with administration to discuss our findings and develop an action plan. Teams use the New York State Learning Standards as a benchmark to plan what lessons to teach. During sharing time, teams generate ideas, materials and resources that would allow them to implement them during the teaching of the core subject. We use a standards-based curriculum and are currently looking to move to standards-based report cards. Many teachers evaluate student performance and monitor whether students have mastered specific New York State learning standards. This is a point on which teachers must differentiate teaching according to the needs of each student..